As announced: this is the final episode (#8!) of "The Vagabonds" : a little interactive game based on my small, original paintings (13x18cm), here on steemit! If you happen to discover this game just now: the rules in a nutshell are:
you can decide on the name of this character, randomly choose an adjective, a profession and the origin of the character, and then choose a relationship of this character to the next one! It's chaotic and weird, but fun!
First of all: thank you @skippyza, @fungusmonk, @deemarshall, @fraenk, @lintah, @mahmuliadi, @joviandres, @bzaryp and @pv-p for playing Vagabonds game #7! Once again, a record number of 9 entries this time, thank you, and some weird but colourful combinations were made! It was fun again, and I hope you liked it too :)
Overall, it was a really fun series to post. I enjoyed the interaction with regular and irregular contestants and seeing what we created together. I will follow up after this last Vagabond with some reflections on the game, but let me say really, really thank you for making this such fun!
Now then, then now - a recap of where we are with these crazy Vagabonds!
From game 1, this is Salt, the Cheerful Globetrotter from The Black Lagoon (entry by @deemarshall):
He's the Son of Mabel, the Clumsy Chaperone from The Land of Make Believe (Episode 2, entry by @hazel420):
Mabel is the Niece of Arlington, the Awesome Alchemist of the Irish Pub (Episode 3, entry by @w0olf):
Arlington is the Sexual Affair of Angel, the Shy Sorceress of Liechtenstein (Episode 4, entry by @mahmuliadi):
Angel is the Professional Advisor of Lucius, the Daydreaming Beachcomber from Skull Island (Episode 5, entry by @fraenk):
Lucius is the Goatee Groomer of Ulganor, the Mad Treasurekeeper from A Not Too Distant Future (Episode 6, entry by @skippyza):
Ulganor is the Weapon-Smith of Victoria, the Helpful Apparition from Stonehenge (Episode 7, entry by @bzaryp, congrats! A dice chose your entry, bragging rights are yours!)
And, this is for our final: Victoria is the Bride-To-Be of this Lady:
Which will make for the first gay/lesbian marriage of The Vagabonds! Or maybe even on the blockchain? Prove me wrong if you've seen one before :)
So who is the Bride of Victoria? What is her name and where does she come from?
Join the game by making a comment with:
First: choose a unique first name of your choice (female, if only somewhat),
Second: pick 3 numbers between 1 and 13, which will give you a random adjective, occupation and origin from my stupendously long list...
And finally: any kind of relationship to another person linking this character to...
(as this is the last of the series, I feel like I must link this character back to the first of the series:)
Salt, the Cheerful Globetrotter from The Black Lagoon:
So as an example of what you can comment to join this game:
Lisa, 1-7-13, Babysitter
I will then reply with: "This is Lisa, the Irresistible Duchess from Old Caledonia. She's the Babysitter of Salt, the Cheerful Globetrotter from The Black Lagoon."
Or something completely different, as I just made that up - once more. The goal here is to create unexpected and wildly-weird, but still possible combinations, that make for new ideas and possibilities, and above all, to have fun!
There is no "right" choice in numbers, by the way, no combination will get you to "win" this game. One of the comments will be randomly chosen as the "winner" as I can choose only one entry to move the series further - the "winner" won't win anymore than any other player, only the bragging rights! So feel free to choose your own numbers.
A comment that follows the game-rules will certainly get an upvote, and a little bit of SBD on the side will follow, just for participating!
Feedback is -as always- appreciated, upvotes and resteems are of course too! Pointless or spammy comments will get an ironic, sarcastic or cynical remark, but I seem to get very little of those. Which is good!
Let's see those final fun entries! Thank you!
Ok, here we go... thanks to @pv-p for the inspiration:
This is Giselle, 8-11-8, she's the wrinkly and stuck up neighbour of Salt
P.S.: I know the 8 at start and end has been picked already... but that's the hommage to p-v-p so it has to stay.
The 8 at the start wasn't picked in this one yet... @deemarshall picked the 8 at the end already, and @bzaryp did take the one at the start, but after your comment. Am I missing something?
EDIT: I get it now 8-8-8 ;) cheers!
I've got:
Giselle, the Nostalgic Anarchist from The Marshall Islands, she's the wrinkly and stuck up Neighbour of Salt!
hmm... I could swear @bzaryp was here before me!
Good thing everything is recorded - indeed, they were:
created 2018-02-03 01:40:54- a SOLID 9hrs before me!and it WAS intended to be 8-11-8 ... that's @pv-p's letters index numbers (16-22-16) halved.
so yeah... I know shit gets confusing :P ...I live with what I get, because we have already proven the universe makes it's way here all by itself.
and I really don't want to give up the Nostalgic Anarchist trait now!
Aaah, I thought I got it, but I got it totally different, I see your reasoning now!
(My train of thoughts: you picked 8-11-8, with both 8's being picked already; and @pv-p picked 8 as the middle number - so you could see what 8-8-8 would have been as a result. Never mind, it's confusing and chaotic as hell, exactly what the setup of this game was intended to be :D
Still a good result, eh! :)
Haha I'm honored to have provided such lifelike inspiration for your disillusioned, sour anarchist! :)
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Thank you, @sndbox-alpha!
Aww last one.
Snowbell, 12-1-2, the Prophet of... Salt, the Cheerful Globetrotter from The Black Lagoon
Yeah, last one... For now I guess, I got too many enthousiastic responses not to do this again :)
Meet Snowbell, the Extravagant Baroness from Lover's Lane, she's the Prophet of Salt.
Guess Lover's Lane's pretty popular here :D
Great, the dice picked me! I did wonder about the possibility of the next character also being female too. How wonderful!
I think the final vagabond is...
Athena, 8-12-2, the School Principle of Salt.
Thanks for running this series, it has been fun to see all the creative entries from everyone, to go along with the unique paintings.
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed the paintings and the interaction, thanks for playing!
Meet Athena, the Nostalgic Faerie from Lover's Lane, she's the School Principle of Salt!
Lulu, 5 - 3 - 8, baker
Thank you :)
Thank you, Dee! By my records, you've entered all 8 Vagabonds-games, and you've been the only one to do so, so thank you very, very much! :)
Would be awesome if your entry here would connect to your first winning entry, but the dice decides... We'll see: here's Lulu, the Forgetful Storyteller from The Marshall Islands, she's the baker of Salt, the Cheerful Globetrotter from The Black Lagoon
And, no, the Marshall Islands isn't a coincidence ;)
It.s a fun game. Thank you for running it!
This time I will guess again the game you post. Audora 4-6-8 Baby Sitter
Here's Audora, the Saucy Queen from The Marshall Islands and she's the Baby Sitter of Salt!
Hahaha, I'm still laughing out loud with this one, funny! Thanks for playing @lintah!
Very interesting, Do after this game ends, there will be another game for us to play ?? I think he is, sarah 9-4-2 chef....
Thanks, there won't be one immediately, but this is too funny to not do it again. Don't know when, though!
Meet Sarah, the Quixotic Witch* from Lover's Lane, she's the Chef of Salt!
Nana 2-9-4 ballet dancer..... :-D
Thanks!!
Here' you go: Nana, the Chaotic Femme Fatale from Ye Olde Artefact Shoppe, she's the Ballet Dancer of Salt.
So, in this scenario, Salt would have to be a Ballet Dancer as well - the relationship would only work that way, I guess!
We've got a lot of dysfunctional characters, but no dysfunctional family. Every good story needs one, and this vagabond is/was at the heart of one...
Ayn Rant (to be Hildebrandt), 7-8-9, Salt's obnoxious and selfish mother (that's why he followed his dreams and became the ideal vagabond, the cheerful globetrotter) and Arlington's sour ex-wife (every sexual affair has a reason)
Thanks so much for doing this game marty-art, it's been tons of fun and a great way to get to know some people! I hope you aren't letting your paintbrushes dry after this, we want more! ;)
Now that's a backstory, thanks for that! Glad you enjoyed, I guess I'll have to do this again (gotta get painting first, so it could take some time!)
Here you go: meet Ayn Rant (to be Hildebrandt), the Ruthless Daydreamer from The Library of Alexandria, she's the Obnoxious and Selfish Mother of Salt!
Bit of a weird one there, did anybody say dysfunctional? :P
Haha bitter old woman stuck in the library, ruthelessly daydreaming about her upcoming wedding??.. :\ Maybe something something dark side of the library, something something dysfunctional...
Can't wait to see your future paintings! :)
Haha, I couldn't picture it immediately, but that comes really close, I guess!
myeah I was struggling to piece something together there haha
Huzzah! I enjoy this art game very much.
Let's go with...
Acadia, 7-6-1, Violinist
Cool one: Acadia, the Ruthless Queen of Monkey Island! She's the violinist of Salt.
I'm not really seeing the relationship there, being a violinist of somebody else... Maybe she brings nightly and ruthless serenades to Salt?
That's what I was thinking. Like a haunting soundtrack that shadows Salt.
Haha, excellent then! :)